The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-11
Baseball Notes.

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President Won Der Abe, it is reported, has tn.
intention of securing Crowley, Of the New Yorks
| to help Latham coach.
| Manager Mutrie thinks the Washington cIu:
| is playing great ball, and that other clubs wan
to keep an eye on them.
/ Silas Smith. a promising pitcher of Pittsburc
has decided to play professionally. He refused
an offer in the spring to play with La Crosse.
The franchise of the Haverhill club will be
transferred to Concord, n H., and that of the
Boston Blues to Haverhill at the next meeting Of
the New England League.
President Day says that Tiernan's pitching is
remarkably fine, and that both be and Mattimore
will have fair chance. AS for George, the New
York club has had enough OF him for some time
to come.
George has been transferred TO the New York
reserves II in time his practice shows any i'm
provement or as soon as be can control the ball.
he may be again used by the League team. In
the meantime Keefe will pitch every other day.
Herman, Welsh and Mattimore will also be tried
alternately.
An exchange says: at is not generally known,
but it is nevertheless fact, that the Detroit,
New York, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and St
Louis clubs have agents all over the country in
quest of pitchers. There is one pitcher in the
Northwes- RI League that every one of these
high So, 200 for bis release, while Won der Ahe
has authorized his agent to pay 800 more than
the best offer il order to secure his man. The
man is probably Krock or Oshkosh
new pitching rules will be to drive the managers
of baseball clubs to adopt the old
pitching rules of ten years ago. when
straight arm delivery was the proper rule.
He says that the present system of pitching is
ruinous to the pitchers. and that the supply can
not be kept equal to the demand. The method
of throwing the ball now Injuries the muscles of
the arm, and once they injured they never
can be made sound enough to do the work again.
The old rule Of straight arm delivery might make
greater batting but that what the public
wanted. There was always more enthusiasm
whom the batting was heavy and fielding had to
be done.
OF Mondays Washington Boston game the
Washington Post says: Powers umpired the
Bostons to win. The decision, however, which
affronted the spectators more than any other
against the home team was in the eighth inning,
when OBren knocked fly ball to HornuIg in
the left field. Joe made good run for the ball,
and. catching it. held it momentarily. Then the
sphere fell to the ground and the fielder turned
his back to the crowd and picked it up It was
a grand stand play, and Hornung had failed
Ii, but to the surprise of the audience Powers de-
cided it out Had the play been decided hon
estly, as it should have been, the Washingtons
would have won the game, for Whitney followed
with hit and Meyers obtained his base
error of Nash. This would have Melted run,
and given the game to the home club. That the
umpire was in error can readily be proven. After
the game the boy who marked the scores the
blackboard, ard who within feet of Hor-
hung when he dropped the ball, said that the
left-felder of the Boston club offered him a sum
of money if he would say that the ball had been